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:''For other uses, see Santo Domingo (disambiguation).
'Santo Domingo' is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from the Distrito Nacional on October 16, 2001.^[3]

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Municipalities and municipal districts

Notable people from Santo Domingo

References

External links

Municipalities and municipal districts

The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities (''municipios'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' - D.M.) within them:^[4]

★ Boca Chica

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★ La Caleta (D.M.)

★ Los Alcarrizos

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★ Palmarejo-Villa Linda (D.M.)

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★ Pantoja (D.M.)

★ Pedro Brand

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★ La Cuaba (D.M.)

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★ La Guáyiga (D.M.)

★ San Antonio de Guerra

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★ Hato Viejo (D.M.)

★ Santo Domingo Este

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★ San Luis (D.M.)

★ Santo Domingo Norte

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★ La Victoria (D.M.)

★ Santo Domingo Oeste
The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2002 census. Urban population are those living in the seats (''cabeceras'' literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts. Rural population are those living in the districts (''Secciones'' literally sections) and neighborhoods (''Parajes'' literally places) outside of them.^[5]

Name	Total population	Urban population	Rural population
Los Alcarrizos	199611	166930	32681
Boca Chica	99508	46385	53123
Pedro Brand	47199	22695	24504
San Antonio de Guerra	34553	11553	23000
Santo Domingo Este	787129	480749	306380
Santo Domingo Norte	321178	266987	54191
La Victoria (D.M.)	47664	13112	34552
Santo Domingo Oeste	280912	226310	54602
'Santo Domingo province'	1817754	1234721	583033

For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the list of municipalities and municipal districts of the Dominican Republic.

Notable people from Santo Domingo

★ Oscar De La Renta

★ Manny Ramirez

★ David Ortiz

★ Dania Ramirez

★ Omahyra Mota

★ Omar Minaya

★ Hanley Ramirez

★ Luis Segura

★ Juan Luis Guerra

★ Elsa Soto

★ Pedro Martines

References

1. República Dominicana en Cifras 2006 Oficina Nacional de Estadística
2. República Dominicana en Cifras 2006 Oficina Nacional de Estadística
3. Ley No. 163-01 que crea la provincia de Santo Domingo, y modifica los Artículos 1 y 2 de la Ley No. 5220, sobre División Territorial de la República Dominicana. EL CONGRESO NACIONAL
4. Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006 Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos
5. VIII Censo 2002 Poplación y Vivienda Oficina Nacional de Estadística

External links

★ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic

★ Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic, downloadable in PDF format